Tech Bites: T-Mobile USA To Carry iPhone

12/6/2012 2:56PM

T-Mobile USA will distribute Apple's iPhone next year, a deal that will fill a major gap in the fourth-largest U.S. wireless carrier's product lineup. Spencer Ante reports on Digits. Photo: Getty Images.

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